Labour Markets and Demographic Change
Labour Markets and Demographic Change

Author: Michael Kuhn

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-04-27

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 3531914782

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This collection of research papers explores some of the salient issues relating to the impact of demographic change on the workings and outcomes of labour markets. A first chapter studies the direct impact of ageing on employment and unemployment. However, the age structure of the workforce also shapes productivity and the scope for innovation, issues which are taken up in turn. Furthermore, it is often argued that a decline in the size of the workforce may be offset by an increase in the workers’ skills and knowledge. The impact of demographic developments such as ageing and migration on the accumulation and transfer of human capital is, therefore, studied by a further set of contributions. The volume is rounded off with analyses relating to the supply of labour by women and by older workers. The authors ask, for instance, whether (female) labour migration as well as changes in retirement patterns and policies may counterbalance the expected workforce shrinking.

Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience
Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience

Author: Cristina Martinez

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-31

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 3319631977

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This book discusses the question of how a regional economy can develop under the influence of an ageing and declining population, and how regional development policies can help make labor markets more resilient and more inclusive. As the greatest impacts of demographic change and policy and fiscal challenges can be observed at the local level, examples from European, North American and Asian regions are combined to present a comprehensive, global range of strategic solutions from different policy contexts. The book shows how institutions, organizations and communities can enhance their pathways for sustainable development through the intelligent management of their demographic transition, and offers a synthesis of valuable lessons and strategies.

Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs
Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9264216502

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This publication gathers the papers presented at the “OECD-EU dialogue on mobility and international migration: matching economic migration with labour market needs” (Brussels, 24-25 February 2014), a conference jointly organised by the European Commission and the OECD.

International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe
International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe

Author: Marek Kupiszewski

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-02-11

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 9048189489

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The changes of populations are determined by fertility, mortality and migration. On the national level, international migration is a factor of increasing demographic, economic, social and political importance. This book addresses the debate on the impact of international migration and economic activity on population and labour force resources in future. It presents a study conducted for 27 European countries, looking 50 years ahead (2002-2052). An extended discussion of theories and factors underlying the assumed evolution of the components of change and economic activity is included as well as a detailed analysis of the historical trends. These theoretical and empirical considerations lead to defining scenarios of future mortality, fertility, economic activity and international migration, which have been fed into a projection model, producing various future population dynamics and labour force trajectories. In addition, simulations have been made to estimate the size of replacement migration needed to maintain selected demographic and labour market parameters in the countries of Europe. The results presented in this book allow researchers, governments and policy makers to evaluate to what extent various migration and labour market policies may be instrumental in achieving the desired population and labour size and structures. The secondary purpose of this volume is to reveal the methodology and argumentation lying behind a complex population forecasting and simulation exercise, which is not done frequently, but is critical for the assessment of the forecasts and also valuable from a purely didactic point of view.

Demographic Change, the Labour Force and Work-family Conflicts
Demographic Change, the Labour Force and Work-family Conflicts

Author: Roderic P. Beaujot

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13:

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Slower population growth and aging brings three over-riding concerns: (1) caring for larger numbers of frail elderly, (2) supporting families in their desires to have children, and (3) maximizing the labour force participation. That is, public policy needs to both accommodate the demographic change and seek to alleviate the aging trend by supporting reproduction. We accommodate the aging trend, in part, by working longer and by maximizing the labour market potential of all segments of the population. But these efforts on the production side can be at the expense of reproduction, and thus the need to address issues of work-life balance. After a brief overview of demographic and economic change, the paper will consider family change and the evolution of the labour market, to then address policy challenges as they relate especially to young families.

The Great Demographic Reversal
The Great Demographic Reversal

Author: Charles Goodhart

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3030426572

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This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends – it will raise inflation and interest rates, but lead to a pullback in inequality. “Whatever the future holds”, the authors argue, “it will be nothing like the past”. Deflationary headwinds over the last three decades have been primarily due to an enormous surge in the world’s available labour supply, owing to very favourable demographic trends and the entry of China and Eastern Europe into the world’s trading system. This book demonstrates how these demographic trends are on the point of reversing sharply, coinciding with a retreat from globalisation. The result? Ageing can be expected to raise inflation and interest rates, bringing a slew of problems for an over-indebted world economy, but is also anticipated to increase the share of labour, so that inequality falls. Covering many social and political factors, as well as those that are more purely macroeconomic, the authors address topics including ageing, dementia, inequality, populism, retirement and debt finance, among others. This book will be of interest and understandable to anyone with an interest on where the world’s economy may be going.

Coping with Demographic Change: A Comparative View on Education and Local Government in Germany and Poland
Coping with Demographic Change: A Comparative View on Education and Local Government in Germany and Poland

Author: Reinhold Sackmann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-12

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 3319103016

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With many OECD countries experiencing a decline in their populations, this book offers a theoretical model of coping with demographic change and examines different strategies that societies have used to come to terms with demographic change. In particular, it details the different ways that Germany and Poland have tried to cope with this challenge and reveals three conflicting strategies: expansion, reduction, and phasing out. Coverage includes: · How and why demographic change was used in Poland to expand the education system · The variance of linkage between demographic change and growth rates in different fields of education in a German Bundesland · Modes of reflexivity and personnel policy in German and Polish municipalities · Effects of demographic change and forms of coping on fiscal capacity and unemployment rates in German municipalities Coping with Demographic Change examines how and why societies cope with these detrimental effects. It conceptualizes the challenges a society faces as a result of demographic change and focuses on the processes by which actors, organizations and nation-states try to cope with this new situation.